Hokkaido Electric Power Co. raised prices for households by an average of 12.43 percent on Saturday, the first of the nation’s major utilities to carry out a second full rate hike since March 2011. Hokkaido Electric obtained government approval to raise so-called small-lot power ...

Hokkaido Electric Power Co. will raise electricity prices for households on Nov. 1, the industry ministry said Friday, as rising fossil fuel costs weigh on the utility’s earnings following the loss of nuclear power. Prices will be 12.43 percent higher during the five months ...

Hokkaido Electric Power Co. might skip bonus payments this winter as part of streamlining efforts and as a gesture to customers before its next hike in electricity rates, informed sources said. The utility will launch talks on the plan with its labor union, the ...

Hokkaido Electric Power Co. on Thursday became the first utility to seek its second rate hike since March 2011, applying for permission to charge households around 17 percent more starting this fall. In its application to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 struck Hokkaido on Tuesday evening, but no tsunami alert was issued, the Meteorological Agency said. The 6:05 p.m. quake originated in the southern Ishikari region and the focus of the quake was shallow, the agency said. ...

Amid rising fuel costs for thermal power generation due to the prolonged suspension of its Tomari nuclear plant, Hokkaido Electric Power Co. announced it will apply to raise electricity rates. Among the six utilities that raised rates following the March 2011 start of the ...